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Synonyms for nous
nus, naʊs
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Princeton's WordNet
nous(noun)
common sense
"she has great social nous"
mind, head, brain, psyche, nous(noun)
that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
"his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"
Synonyms:
learning ability, idea, thinker, heading, promontory, psyche, school principal, wit, mind, head teacher, brainpower, intellect, question, mental capacity, fountainhead, encephalon, point, head, top dog, mentality, creative thinker, brain, headland, mastermind, brainiac, header, genius, headspring, foreland, pass, chief, headway, judgment, read/write head, judgement, drumhead, head word, forefront, capitulum, oral sex, principal, caput, straits, soul
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| #31 | we | |
| #35 | us | |
| #438 | point | |
| #592 | question | |
| #692 | head | |
| #1074 | mind | |
| #1234 | idea | |
| #1493 | pass | |
| #1793 | chief | |
| #2386 | brain | |
| #2403 | soul | |
| #2831 | principal | |
| #3759 | header | |
| #4456 | judgment | |
| #5917 | heading | |
| #8200 | genius | |
| #9873 | wit | |
| #12068 | judgement | |
| #16315 | nous | |
| #18597 | forefront | |
| #19073 | intellect | |
| #20270 | mentality | |
| #20617 | straits | |
| #24046 | psyche | |
| #24420 | thinker | |
| #32640 | mastermind | |
| #40075 | headway | |
| #46755 | headland | |
| #55742 | promontory | |
| #74954 | fountainhead | |
| #77303 | brainiac | |
| #96443 | caput | |
| #96820 | brainpower | |
| #130079 | foreland | |
| #148370 | drumhead | |
| #264407 | capitulum |
Translations for nous
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- NousGerman
- nousFrench
- akalIndonesian
- nousDutch
- nous, förnuftSwedish
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